Comments on: 5 American adventures for 2010

By: Photo Essay: 10 Odd Sports From Around the World

Photo Essay: 10 Odd Sports From Around the World — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:59:15 +0000

[...] year isn’t over yet. Check out our American adventures for 2010 at Matador [...]

By: 5 Mistakes Novice Hikers Make (and How to Avoid Them)

5 Mistakes Novice Hikers Make (and How to Avoid Them) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:48:48 +0000

[...] years ago, I was hiking the Angel’s Landing trail in Zion National Park, when I realized that I had made a series of poor [...]

By: Adam Roy

Adam Roy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:36:09 +0000

Word up. Get yourself into a 7 mil or a drysuit and you barely feel the cold.

By: Crisis

Crisis — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:53:12 +0000

This is a great, short article. Diving is indeed great in the Great Lakes if you don’t mind being quite cold and Colorado has some of the best Climbing in the world.

By: William G. Oatiz

William G. Oatiz — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:32:48 +0000

I did my open water certification for NAUI in Grand Traverse Bay in Northwest Michigan. Northern waters can be chilly, but the diving is still fun. The bottom of Traverse Bay, at least the area were I was, is littered with pieces of wood from the mills that operated on the shore around 1900 or so. The wood is perfectly preserved and in places so plentiful that you have the feeling you are hovering over a boardwalk or a gym floor.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:03:58 +0000

Inspiring list! My must see’s keep growing!

By: Adam Roy

Adam Roy — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:32:39 +0000

Heather -

The best adventure I’ve ever had in New England was diving off of Portland, Maine. There’s all sorts of interesting sea life, like lobsters, flounders, the occasional shark, and all sorts of fun anemones and critters like those.

If you don’t dive, Mt. Chocorua in NH is an interesting hike. It’s not on the scale of the fourteeners, obviously, but it has a bald rock dome on top that’s quite interesting and gives you a great view. Just watch the trail signs – they’re not always as well-marked as they could be.

By: Heather Carreiro

Heather Carreiro — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:39:03 +0000

Cool ideas, although I’m bummed there’s nothing listed for New England!

By: Brian H.

Brian H. — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:06:52 +0000

I may not want to climb in Zion, but I definitely want to be there just to take in the beauty and use my Nikon. Always wanted to go there.

By: Adam Roy

Adam Roy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:08:20 +0000

Thanks for the kind comments, everyone. The only one of these I’ve ever done myself is shipwreck diving (hell of a trip, but if you’re planning on doing wreck penetration, please: MAKE SURE YOU’RE FORMALLY TRAINED AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED.)

I’ve always wanted to climb in Zion – I’ve heard the walls there are gorgeous. same with the fourteeners – like catnip to a Midwestern boy like me.